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After a brief winter break, Montreal’s Paper Beat Scissors returned to the stage earlier this month at Montreal’s Sala Rossa for a rare chamber ensemble-accompanied performance that brought together musicians from Montreal, Ottawa and Halifax. These included Erla Axelsdottir (Björk, Foxtrott) on French horn, Pemi Paull (Richard Reed Parry, President of the National Viola Society) on viola, Hilda Cowie (NAC Orchestra) on double bass, Devin Wesley (Rich Aucoin, PEI Symphony Orchestra) on bassoon, Louise Campbell (In Extensio) on clarinet and Camille Delean (Michael Feuerstack) providing vocal accompaniment.

“These arrangements are really taking the songs to different places. This particular concert is a synthesis of pieces I worked on with a symphony orchestra out in Nova Scotia and a chamber ensemble performance I did during a festival in Saskatoon in 2015,” said Crabtree. “I’m learning so much every time I work through these different iterations, and how these pieces are developing this time is feeling really special.”